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This 11 km route runs from Mount Bandai to Kitakata within Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 5 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them. The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima.
With activity this close, make noise as you hike, carry bear spray, and avoid the forest at dawn and dusk.
1 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Fukushima.
Three bears (lengths unknown) were sighted in the mountains beside the municipal road.
Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima
In Shiokawamachi Nakayazawa, Kitakata City, a chicken coop was broken and 4 of 7 chickens being raised were found dead; the damage is believed to have been caused by a bear.
Kitakata 塩川町中屋沢, Fukushima
A vehicle collided with one bear on the Bandai Mountain Gold Line in Hibara, Kitashiobara Village.
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
One bear was inside a building lot in Dōmachi Minami, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima
Peak activity at 22:00 with 2 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 5 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 22:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 11 km route runs from Mount Bandai to Kitakata within Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 5 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them. The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima. With activity this close, make noise as you hike, carry bear spray, and avoid the forest at dawn and dusk.
